Newspaper Hut

May 13, 2008 | Filed in: 3-D, Activities, Crafts, Sculpture

The theme for the Unplugged Project for this week is newspaper. I remembered seeing a structure made out of newspaper and saved the instructions for “some day”. Well today was that some day.

I just so happened to have this past weeks newspapers and the paper leftover from the garage sale. Good thing because this project uses ALOT of newspapers. Also, you will need tape, a pencil, stapler, a sheet is optional.

First lay 4 sheets of newspaper on top of each other. Place the pencil in the corner and roll the 4 sheets diagonally to make a tube.

Tape the middle and let pencil slide out of tube. Repeat 25 times. The 25 tubes should be close to the same length-trim if you need to.

Use 3 tubes to make a triangle and staple at each corner. Repeat until you have 5 triangles.

Connect the triangles in a long line, staple together.

Use tubes across the top and staple in place.

Get help! Stand the triangles up and staple the two ends together. Add a tube to the last top spot.

Use the 5 remaining tubes to make a star stapled in the middle.

This is the roof. Staple in place.

A sheet or other light weight material can cover your hut if you want. Get inside and play!!!!

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ooh, we made these at work MANY years ago. Elliott will adore this. Thanks!

Wow that is amazing - you did a great job!

Love this! My girls have done this at preschool a couple times and it’s always a huge hit with the kids. Of course, they did more of a free-form building! I like it with the sheet draped over — way fun. Thanks for sharing!

I remember seeing this online somewhere too. Looks like a lot of work, but like it was a lot of fun. Great job!

Oh that is way to cool, my kiddos will love it…have to buy the weekend paper, it’s huge!

That is a very impressive project. My son would have loved this one. Wish I had thought of it!

UH-MAY-ZING.

I have this dream. I have a dream that one day, here in Columbus, OH, we’ll have a children’s museum like City Museum in St. Louis, MO. You will be in charge of the education department. That is my dream.

That is so cool. I am definitely putting that in the pile for our summer activities (where we live it can be too hot midday to play outside)

Really cool project!!!! I think we will try this one. What fun! Thanks for sharing.

Wow! Totally new to me…and VERY impressive! Thanks for joining in and sharing this great idea!

I love this idea!

Gr8 job.

The theme for the Unplugged Project for this week is newspaper….

The theme for the Unplugged Project for this week is newspaper….

This is wonderful and is absolutely going in my own someday file. Wonderful.

I am not sure if I have left you a comment or not, but have been enjoying your blog for a few weeks now. It is quite inspirational.

I love your follow through and attention to detail. Your kids are having a truly magincal childhood.

THANKS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS—–this is really a fairly easy project and it only took us about an hour. Then the girls fought in it, err, I mean played in it all afternoon!

This looks like SO much fun, I can’t wait for us to make it. I’ll have to make sure it’s big enough for me to get into, too. Very cool!

That’s fantastic. Great “green” idea. Can’t wait to try this with my niece.

that’s too awesome, i wish i could’ve figured that out when i was a kid.

I love this project! What a great way to teach early math concepts or just have fun! I linked to your newspaper hut from today’s blog entry on my site. I know the readers will love it!

I came to get a rainy day idea for the kids while I’m at working. I need to go rob the newspapers from the neighbor’s house. But, since I don’t have food coloring, this is do-able! Thanks!

ANN LOGSDON—Thanks!!

We did it! Thank you so much for putting this idea up. It wasn’t that much work at all and the kids love it!
Here is my link…if you’d like to see. My youngest gave me an idea…maybe we could a hopscoth game too…
http://canadianhomelearning.blogspot.com/2008/05/newspaper-hut.html
Thanks again.

a sign of great creativity. will definitely try it out once my exams are over.. not as a hut but something smaller..

chk out my blog too if anyone is interested in my creativity..

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Oh I remember doing this at school

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We’ve done this some 12 years ago when our eldest was 2 and we lived in a house with a spacious flooring. It did not last to have the “sides” to cover the “building” but the kid really had so much fun coming in and out of the triangles like she was going through an obstacle course.

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